Chapter 26: Sleeping

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Demi's POV

I wake up to a gentle shoving on my arm, my eyes open to find Joe's staring right back at me. I look around and realize where I am again, the hospital. I hurry and get out of my odd yet comfortable position on the two hospital waiting chairs.

" Is everything ok? " I asked hoping everything was, how could I have fallen asleep at this time? I look out the window and there's little light, its gotta be morning.

" Yeah everything is, Nick is just a little banged up and Selena has a broken leg. They say his head is just going to hurt for a while, but otherwise, he'll be fine. " He says sitting down next to me holding out a hot cup of coffee for me to take, he had one for himself too. I take it and sigh in relief, i'm so happy they're fine.

" That's good. " I say not being able to say much more, Joe nods in agreement and stares in the distance thinking deep of something. He's holding his cup in his hand firmly and his eyebrows are scrunched together.

" What is it Joe? " I ask wanting to know what was on his mind, I hope there wasn't anything else bad going on. He looks over at me and sighs sadly.

" It's all my fault. " he says looking down, looking ashamed of himself. How could it be though? He had nothing to do with it.

" What are you talking about? It's not your fault. " I say hoping he can get that silly thought out of his mind.

" Demi, remember the night I saved you from your fathers friends? " He asks slowly reminding me about that, realization sweeps over me quickly. I just stare at Joe in shock thinking how stupid I was when I didn't think of it before. Two men...

" They thought Nick and Selena was you and I, so they went after them. Talked to them before beating them up real bad and the let them go because they realized it wasn't us. " he said taking a sip from his coffee looking angry with himself. If this was anyone's fault, it was defiantly mine. They were my dad's friends, it wasn't Joe's fault at all.

" Joe, don't blame yourself for this. It's my fault, they are my dads friends. " I say running my hand through my hair sighing, why was this happening? I guess my dad did warn us, but really? I honestly thought his friends had forgotten.

" Don't ever say that." Joe says harshly, I look over at him and he's staring at me intensely. He looked angry with what I said, it's weird since I haven't seen him look like this since the night he had saved me from my dad's friends who were screwing up our life right now. The look on his face was frustrated and angry.

" Well its not yours either. " I say grabbing his hand wishing he would believe me, he just nods his head even though I know he's faking it. I get up and sit in his lap wanting him close to me, he wraps his arms around my waist and hugs me close. I rest my head against his neck loving the feeling of him near me, his cologne smells inviting and good. His hand slowly rubs down my arm comforting me, I don't think anyone truly understands me when I say I love him. My love him is beyond words, beyond anything in this world.

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The foundation underneath me moves making my eyes pop open, I look around and realize I fell asleep again. I look at Joe who is also sleeping, his arms still around my waist. He looks absolutely adorable as he sleeps, I look around and see only a few other people in here waiting like we are. I look over across from where we are and see Frankie asleep against Joe's mother who is reading a magazine, she seems calmer yet still worried and stressed out. Dani and Kevin are eating sandwiches next to them and Joe's dad is no where to be found, I wonder where he is. I look back at Joe who is starting to move a little under me, I lean down and kiss him on his lips softly hoping that will wake him. I chuckle against his lips when he opens his eyes, instantly kissing back. I pull back and smile, he smiles and then rubs his eyes with one hand. None of us really got much sleep last night, hopefully we can gain it back tonight.

" Hey beautiful. " He says making me blush, he grins at my reaction and places his hand on my red cheek caressing it. He still has that effect on me, even after us dating as long as we have. The only thing I don't get is that i'm not even wearing make up, I had taken it off last night while I was waiting. I look away from his eyes and smile, for some reason, every time he says that to me I actually believe it, make up or no make up. If it comes from anyone else, I don't really care or believe it.

" Demi, I love you. " He says kissing my forehead, one other thing I can only believe if it comes from him. I look back up at him and grin, I lean in and kiss him softly wanting him to see that I love him too.

" I love you too. " I say after releasing the kiss, he smiles and pulls me closer making me feel that I finally had found a home.

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